Darth and Droids

[pyat]

Darth and Droids is a web comic based on the idea that the Star Wars prequels are actually a SF RPG. I like the way they've been working the real world personalities of the supposed players into the game. For example, Jar-Jar is the creation of the GM's young niece. ("He's purple, and he has a head like a pony, and bunny ears, and heesa talky like-a theesa!")

The player portraying Amidala is a power gamer named "Jim", while Annakin is being played by "Anne", who is former drama arts major. She has been trying to get the other players to actually play a character. The other players constantly slip out of character, which is just one reason they're always calling her "Annie."

Of course, her tendency to work in characterization has injecting a good bit of pathos into the narrative of late.

As a side note, some of the players in the supposed game are the same ones as those who endured the GM from the similar web comic, DM of the Rings. That comic was more an example of bad and/or easily distracted players trying to slog through an epic campaign, and the humour was very dependent on jokes about hit dice and ignoring the GM.

Whereas, in Darth and Droids it's pretty clear that the GM is actually pretty good, and working hard to adjust his world to match the unpredictable actions of the players. And, the players themselves have evolved as the game progressed - initially treating the game as D&D in space.

Comments

[seritaph.livejournal.com]

This one does seem far more of a literary read than DM of the Rings did, since I mostly just wanted to slap the lot of them, there.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's something I really like about Darths and Droids. The GM is actually really flexible and good about making it a player-centric campaign, and the players are actually pretty cool people all told.

I guess that's the next step in the evolution of tabletop gaming humor. I'm remembering just how utterly unpleasant all the characters were in Knights of the Dinner Table. They were people I'd never want to game with.

[quoting-mungo.livejournal.com]

Ohmy. That is totally hilarious and the commentary on the installments is usually at least as funny as the actual comic. Which is win.


-Alexandra

[stress-kitten.livejournal.com]

Thank you for linking this Piet. Hadn't run across it myself, and just spent the past 3 hours reading through the archive. *grins*

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Man, Annie's going to be pissed when her character is turned into an overpowered GMPC.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? For a Real Roleplayer™, that's the pinnacle of the character arc! The Tragic Fall™ is right up there with Holding The Bridge™!

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

I've been a fan of D&D almost since the start. I cast Summon Bigger Fish.

I almost swear that some of the folks who are doing the current CN Star Wars Clone Wars read this comic as well because there's one episode where Jar-Jar the "Jedi" "casts" Summon Bigger Fish!

I also get a kick of out Jim working on his Doctorate.

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

I've been following this one from the beginning, and agree that it's quite funny.

They guy who was playing QuiGon, and is now playing Amidala, though, kind of gets on my nerves sometimes, with his obsessive insistence on being such a git.